Accusations of Plagiarism Leads to Removal of IGN Game Review

A review for the game Dead Cells is no longer on the popular gaming website IGN. The removal comes after accusations the review plagiarized another video review posted to Youtube.

The review, written by Filip Miucin, posted to IGN August 6th, 2018 before being immediately removed. Another review of the game was posted by Youtuber Boomstick Gaming one week before IGN’s hit the internet. Boomstick Gaming claims the IGN review copied his work.

It turns out the gentleman at IGN seems to have watched my video and copied a lot of it. I’m not sure what to do about this.”

As a group of writers and creators who value our own work and that of others in our field, the editorial staff of IGN takes plagiarism very seriously. In light of concerns that have been raised about our Dead Cells review, we’ve removed it for the time being and are investigating.”

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